O Lord my God - arr. William Boyce - Humfrey, Pelham

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"This is the ''O Lord my God (Pelham Humfrey)''&nbsp; by Pelham Humfrey, but in a truncated version that appears in Cathedral Music, Volume 2 (William Boyce). Boyce also altered chords and filled out harmonies, as well as to update the work to the fashion of his own day."

⌛ Period → Baroque ◈ Genre → Verse anthems

♯ Key F minor

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range C2 – E-5

¶ Language → English

Measures 155

Texture mixed texture

Parts 6

Instruments Organ

Pages 8

CPDL # 41228

Editor James Gibb

Posted 2016-09-24

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Treble

C4 – E-5

Alto

B-3 – B-4

Tenor

E3 – F4

Bass

F2 – D-4

Organ

C2 – C4

¶Lyrics / Text

'''Verse:''' O Lord my God, why hast thou forsaken me, and art so far from my health and from the words of my complaint? I am poured out out, like water, all my bones are out of joint, my heart also in the midst of my body, is ev'n like melting wax. '''Chorus:''' But be not thou far from me O Lord, thou art my succour, haste thee to help me. '''Verse:''' For many dogs are come about me, and the counsel of the wicked lay'th siege against me. They pierc'd my hands and my feet; I may tell all my bones, They stand staring and looking upon me, they part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. '''Chorus:''' But be not thou far from me O Lord, thou art my succour, haste thee to help me.